The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-06-09
WHY NOT?
CAN YOU GIVE ANY GOOD RFAS-
ON FOR DECLINING TO
TAKE A LIFE POLICY?

| You canpot say, 1T is novel thing
| LIE assurance has been practired
| more or less, for three hundred years
| Ia the last haifcenturv it has grown wit
such rapidly in the Uuited States, tina
it is now one Of the greatest interests i
he country, ranking with the most i'm
| pOrtant raj road and banking interests
| Many millions of dollars are paid b,
| the British American companies ever,
| year to the families of deceased member
| OF Lille Assurance companies. In n
other way has money ever been so sue
cessiully distributed among those VIII,
are de pendent and unable to earn none,
Tor themselves; and there is hardly
! person who reans this but who knows o
families saved ny the humane agency {
Life Assurance from distressing ills at
tendant upon poverty.
You cannot say cit is impiety to pro,
pose to assure buipan lives.''
Ii it were eristesece that is proposed t.
be assured, it won d be impiety; but it is
possession, not existence.
You cannot say, sit is chance
operation
Tho laws governing Life Assurance
rest upon the rocky basis ofmo tlen;atica
certainty. The facts of astronomy, eyeu
cannot. be more surely ascertained and
clearly demons trAted than the principles
upon which Life Assurance is based.
III. e9 mot say, 1T IS s65d ns.r1 faf
nave wealthy friends and relatives"
Would you think it inst to have rea-
yves thrown on yoatr hands for support I?
Is 1t rlght then,-is 1t manly-to leave
your family where they may at any time
become burden to relatives or friends :?
Ahd Does not your every parental feeling
recoil from snch a thought?
1on cannot say, 81 must pay my
debts first"
Thousands of hard working men have
unwlsely said this to the negiect of Life
Assurance. Perhaps they struggled aud
economlsed to pay for q farm, or home,
and had it nearly paid for; but death
TOOK them eft, and that ?aaO1tgdye aUhich
hdd to be forect 'sed, forced the property
upon the market and sacrificed il. and
so the little alfwa lost? What q prize
az Slich 70 case Toutd eUen q small Lite
Pot'cy ho0e been! Such examples ought
10 De a warning to you. Because you
are in debt You ought to be assured.
You cannot say, "My income is s|er.
der. and | can invest NV small earninos
in something better.'
1t is easy to find good investments for
small sums Of money, say for $40, $50
5 . or 500? Are You sure of PROLONGED
lie TO make tHose investments to amount
to much? But remember, by the nav
ment OF single Life Insurance premium,
you make generous investment at Oorp
You cannot say, Il am too good a sub
ect 70 assure; my father lived to old ayr.
and | am sound and rugged"
our good health has a moneu ,,nI,e
n 1t, which you may use, if You see fit |
Opon 1t You can C instruct, at once a for
une. Is it not wise to turn to account |
ms capital (your sound copstitution) hv |
aflng insurance upon it, especially AZ |
iccldents and disease lie in " ait for all2 |
You cannot say, 1T implies a distrust
If Providence"
The objection might as we'll he urred |
galnst Fire Insurance; Or putting IiSht.
llns-rods on buildings or, indeed, TAX
ny any precautlon to avert possible
Wis. Tf"vldence was not intended to
preclude self help.
You cannot say "The assured arc ant
D die soon" ''f'
This is foolish superstition. It is
apa bic of proof that Life Assurance
ends dlrec " to proIoag lie, by reliev
hg IL or anXleties anu by promoting
ne stability, economy, and good order
society aud toe family. And statistics
rove the same thing.
on cannot say "It is expensiye.''
iv,?" oApVh>
You mighta AS we'll talk Of the Expense,
onylng bank stock, or Of putting
sloe your earnings in any safe place,
, 80! 20 SPEAK OF the erpense Of keeping w
ense.
J. r. YOUNG,
'1FE AND FIRE Insurance. A,ENT.
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